FL Voice News Highlights AIM Concerns Over UF Presidential Finalist’s DEI Record
June 9, 2026
Accuracy in Media urges opposition to UF presidential finalist Stuart Bell
By Kennedy Owens | Published Jun. 9, 2026, 12:55 p.m. ET | Updated Jun. 9, 2026
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Accuracy in Media, a media watchdog group, is urging the University of Florida Board of Trustees to reject presidential finalist Stuart Bell, citing hidden-camera footage that it says shows diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI initiatives continuing at the University of Alabama during Bell’s tenure as president.
Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy in Media, discussed the group’s findings Monday during an appearance on Florida’s Voice Radio with Drew Steele, just days before UF trustees are scheduled to vote on Bell’s appointment.
Bell, who has previously served as president of the University of Alabama, was named the sole finalist last month to become the UF’s next president.
Accuracy in Media recently released undercover video recordings from universities across Alabama as part of an investigation into whether institutions were complying with state restrictions on DEI programs.
According to Guillette, one University of Alabama administrator described efforts to continue LGBTQ-related programming and discussed what he characterized as “workarounds” to maintain DEI initiatives despite state law.
“We also captured the same thing at the University of Alabama,” Guillette said. “An employee there, an administrator, told us about how not only were they continuing things, they even had trainings on how they can have workarounds and continue doing DEI, even though there’s a ban.”
Guillette argued that university leadership should have been aware of the activities described in the recordings.
“When you brag about the fact that you had trainings on how to continue doing this DEI that defies the state law, that means the higher-ups knew about it,” he said.